Bill Information

An Act amending the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the Health Care Facilities Act, making extensive reenactments, revisions and additions by: in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in administrative provisions, further providing for the Department of Health; in health systems, further providing for the Health Policy Board and its functions and for Statewide planning; establishing the Certificate of Need Review Board; in administration, further providing for regulations and for orders; in certificate of need, further providing for requirement and review, for operation, for procedure, for public meetings, for good cause, for information, for review criteria, for monitoring and expiration, for emergencies, for notice of termination, for review of activities and for sanctions; in health care facility licensing, further providing for issuance; and in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for existing facilities and institutions, for fees and for expiration.